9 May 2025 Local photographer Barbara Luckhurst's pictures of people and benches in Broomfield Park are still there to view on the tennis court railings, but the exhibition will be removed after the next Bank Holiday weekend (24th to 26th May).

9 May 2025 Enterprise Enfield are running a new free accredited four-week course for anyone over 18 who's looking to explore or develop their enterprise skills. Successful participants will receive an NCFE Level 1 Award in Investigating Enterprise Skills. Register your interest by Tuesday 27th May.

7 May 2025 On Sunday May 25th there'll be an opportunity to tour some of the borough's special places - both urban and rural - using the healthiest ways of getting around: walking and cycling. Choose between a guided walk around the Enfield Town Conservation Area with the Enfield Society or a marshalled ride along the New River and through Forty Hall and[…]

7 May 2025 On Sunday 11th May Enfield Council's Journeys & Places team invite people to join the official launch of the Portrait of Southgate mosaics that now adorn Chase Side and find out more about further plans to improve the town centre.

7 May 2025 This month's Balboa Nights event at the Southgate Club features a student big band from Trinity Laban Conservatoire in Greenwich that specialises in recreating the music of Fletcher Henderson, one of the greats of the Swing era.

6 May 2025 Palmers Green's newest public space, Devonshire Square, is to be officially opened at 1pm on Saturday 24th May.

5 May 2025 In social media posts Palmers Green Action Team have revealed that the group's project to bring a cinema and arts hub to PG is 'back on the table'.

4 May 2025 PG resident Steve Ackroyd's wife Fran has been in touch with a reminder that the draw for the Big Fat Raffle is less than a fortnight away. There are still 4000 tickets for sale and there are some fabulous prizes. If Fran can sell the remaining tickets it will help fund another three years of expensive treatment for Steve's rare[…]

30 Apr 2025 Events forming part of the Heritage Lottery-funded project Unlocking Broomfield Park for the Community are now in full swing. Last Saturday and Sunday Enfield Archaeological Society were on site carrying out the first ot two weekends of digging. This coming Saturday there will be an archaeological event for all the family.

25 Apr 2025 Dan Brotzel celebrates the centenary of a local landmark that offers exercise, competition and sport.

23 Apr 2025 You can read more on the Friends of Broomfield Park website about the five artists from the Matchbox Collective who created the Broomfield House murals, working in conjunction with pupils from Laurel Park School. If you're wondering about the pictures of insects and flower petals on a dark blue background, this section was painted by the Broomfield House NHS Wellbeing[…]

23 Apr 2025 In relation to the stabbing in an unspecified Palmers Green restaurant that was reported last week, Mbamalu Udemezu, 20, of Norfolk Avenue, Enfield, has been arrested and charged on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a knife in a public place. He was charged on April 18 and appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court the[…]

22 Apr 2025 Following a decisive No vote from people responding to last year's consultation, Enfield Council has revised its proposals for changes to the Arnos Grove controlled parking zone. The updated scheme, due to go out for statutory consultation this spring, will drop the planned longer operating hours, but still extend the zone to take in some streets that are currently not[…]

22 Apr 2025 Easter Sunday’s walk / demo, led by the Guardians of Whitewebbs, revealed much, not least to confirm we have on our doorsteps a magnificent park, rich in ecology and biodiversity and yet a park under real threat because of “exceptional circumstances”, that is a desire by Spurs to extend their nearby, already huge, training pitch footprint right into the heart[…]

21 Apr 2025 Luis Lenci has vacancies on his Spanish courses held face-to-face at the Ruth Winston Community Centre in Palmers Green. The new term starts on 29th and 30th April.

18 Apr 2025 [Original article] Article not displaying properly? Click here Guardians of Whitewebbs are organising a demonstration and nature walk this Sunday in response to the illegal felling of an ancient oak tree in the grounds of the Toby Carvery. Meet at 11am in the Beggars Hollow car park (not far from the Rose and Crown pub on Clay Hill). A message[…]

18 Apr 2025 Guardians of Whitewebbs are organising a demonstration and nature walk this Sunday in response to the illegal felling of an ancient oak tree in the grounds of the Toby Carvery. Meet at 11am in the Beggars Hollow car park (not far from the Rose and Crown pub on Clay Hill).

18 Apr 2025 A film made for the Guardians of Whitewebbs about the illegal felling of a 500-year-old oak near the Toby Carvery in Whitewebbs Park. It turns out that there is an ownership connection between Mitchells & Butlers/Toby Carvery and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, who are looking forward to occupying an adjacent part of the park. Obviously, just a coincidence... Read more[…]

16 Apr 2025 [Original article] Article not displaying properly? Click here Police have issued an appeal for information after a teenager was stabbed in a Palmers Green restaurant. The incident happened shortly before 3pm yesterday (Tuesday), when emergency services were called to Green Lanes. The police have not revealed the name of the restaurant where the stabbing took place, but they cordoned off[…]

16 Apr 2025 Police have issued an appeal for information after a teenager was stabbed in a Palmers Green restaurant on Tuesday afternoon.

16 Apr 2025 Local charity Cooking Champions invite you to a feast of Mexican cuisine on 3rd May, celebrating not just a historic battle south of the border, but most importantly their own fifth anniversary.

14 Apr 2025 Calling all knitters! Do you have time in between your knitting or crochet projects to create craft work for the Friends of Broomfield Park arts and crafts fair in December?

13 Apr 2025 Enfield Council has 'paused' its project to implement a school streets and quieter neighbourhood scheme in 'Bowes East', south of the North Circular Road and east of Green Lanes.

11 Apr 2025 Dave Cockle has forwarded this statement from Network Rail: "We are still in the design and costing stage of the Palmers Green project and will update stakeholders as soon as possible."

11 Apr 2025 The Friends of Broomfield Park have added to their list of special events taking place inside or just outside Broomfield Conservatory between now and September

10 Apr 2025 Picking up from Neil’s post, it was very clearly explained to the Inspector by representatives of the PG Action Team and of our Business Association that the choice was not one of an Adult Gaming Centre or a void, but instead such is the vitality of our town centre that demand for premises is intense and it was  near certain[…]

10 Apr 2025 Also think worth reading this piece which shows that the council's hands may be tied by current legislation when trying to prevent places like this opening. https://enfielddispatch.co.uk/erbil-joins-call-for-gambling-law-reforms/

10 Apr 2025 I saw a post on a social media platform where somebody commented that it was better to have a business like this on the high street rather than an empty shop. I don't agree with that view as these places are not just about taking money off customers who want to gamble but are also safe havens for dealing drugs[…]